Rehabilitation after the replantation on a 2-year-old girl with both amputated legs
| Autor: | Jae-Ho Jeong, Hyo Heon Kim, Yong-Ha Kim, Oog Jin Shon, Jung Hyun Seul |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject medicine.medical_treatment Atrophy Amputation Traumatic Humans Functional electrical stimulation Medicine Girl Range of Motion Articular Physical Therapy Modalities media_common Leg Rehabilitation business.industry medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Amputation Child Preschool Replantation Female Contracture medicine.symptom Ankle business Ankle Joint Leg Injuries |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 58:404-408 |
| ISSN: | 0007-1226 |
| Popis: | We had an opportunity to perform replantation of both legs on a 2-year-old girl, and our decision to perform replantation rather than amputation surgery was carefully made taking her age, degree of crushing injury, ischaemic time and level of the amputation into consideration. Painstakingly designed rehabilitation treatments were continuously performed on this girl from the early stage after the operation, and the treatments were comprised of four parts; that is, flexion and extension exercise for the ankle in order to prevent it from stiffness or contracture, functional electrical stimulation (FES) in order to prevent muscular atrophy on the lower extremities, muscle strengthening exercise for the lower extremities, and electrical stimulation to regenerate the damaged nerves and to prevent muscular atrophy from occurring. For an objective assessment of the postoperative conditions, total active motion angles of the ankle joint were measured, and also EMG and NCV were conducted at the end of the first month as well as at the end of the 6th month. Total active motion angles of the ankle joint were increased progressively as time went on, from 15 to 60 degrees on the right and from 10 to 45 degrees on the left. NCV did not show any sensation or response from motor nerves, or amplitude decreased considerably 1 month after the operation; however, at the end of the 6th month conditions improved a great deal with both amplitude and latency. And most muscles that did not show any signals on EMG or showed less than normal at the end of the first month after the operation eventually recovered at the end of the 6th month. The patient had no particular difficulties in walking after 6 months or rather she started running in small steps showing her legs functioning superbly. An infant with both of lower extremities amputated is quite a rare case. We believe that the replantation surgery was successful due to the fact that carefully selected preoperative factors were taken into consideration and well designed postoperative rehabilitation program consisted of four parts was carried out continuously. |
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